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Robert Heidbreder of Vancouver was a primary and kindergarten school teacher for thirty years and received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002.
BOOKS:
From maple syrup to Saskatoon, Eenie Meenie Manitoba (Kids Can 1997 $14.95) Heidbreder puts a Canadian spin on classroom rhymes, with illustrations by Scott Ritchie. It was followed by I Wished for a Unicorn (Kids Can, 2000), Drumheller Dinosaur Dance (Kids Can, 2004) abd See Saw Saskatchewan (Kids Can Press, 2005).
Crocodiles Say... (Tradewind, 2005) and Crocodiles Play! (Tradewind, 2008) are illustrated by Rae Maté.
Kids must fight for their fun In Black and Bittern Was Night Kids Can 2013) after the spooky 'skul-a-mug-mugs' force grown-ups to call off trick-or-treating. Illustrated by John Martz) $18.95 978-1-55453-302-2
Song For A Summer Night: A Lullaby (Groundwood 2015) is a gentle bedtime story for ages 3 to 7, illustrated by Qin Leng. The book was shortlisted for a Christie Harris illustrated children's literature prize. $17.95 978-1-55498-493-0
In his picture book, Catch the Sky (Greystone 2020) Heidbreder captures the magic of all the things kids around the world observe when looking up: from birds and balloons to snow and shooting stars. $22.95 9781771646314
alphabet antics (Tradewind Books, 2022) $19.95 9781926890388, illustrated by Philippe Béha
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit"
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Catch the Sky by Robert Heidbreder
with illustrations by Emily Dove (Greystone Kids $22.95)
Dragonflies, butterflies and bees. Kites, balloons and helicopters. Stars and fireworks in the night sky. These are the wonders that children’s poet Robert Heidbreder finds when he looks upwards. His picture book Catch the Sky is full of pocket poems to these delights. It’s his way of celebrating nature with children around the world.
Heidbreder’s morning starts with the poem, Sunrise: Rosy, red arms / caress the sky, /smiling sun /waving HI!
He carries on through the seasons, starting with autumn when the wind blows and leaves fall; then winter when the snow flies and northern lights swirl; to summer when hot air balloons float; and spring when rain sprinkles, drizzles and downpours.
Heidbreder covers many topics for many countries, from the cold north to the hot equator. He rejoices in the earth’s creatures—fireflies, bats, squirrels, crows, trees and leaves, and elephants as imagined in clouds. This diverse book ends with an invitation for good dreams in Good Night, Sky: Draw the curtains. / Into warm beds. /Sky’s treasures we shared / will dance in our head. Heidbreder taught school for thirty years in Vancouver where he developed his love of wordplay. In 2002, he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His books have won many prizes including I Wished for a Unicorn (Kids Can, 2000) and Crocodiles Play (Tradewind, 2008). 9781771646314
[BCBW2021]
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The series of children's books with crocodile characters that author Robert Heidbreder and illustrator Rae Mate made popular for ages 3-6, is now available in a boxset, Crocs in a Box (Tradewind $24.95).
Crocodiles Say (2005), Crocodiles Play (2008) and Crocs at Work (2015) offered youngsters verbal and visual fun, taking them along with the colourful crocodiles as they frolic through a day; play sports like baseball and hockey; and take on jobs such as cooks, florists, croc 'docs' and teachers. Changes in the newly packaged titles include smaller-sized books and different cover art.
Prior to writing, Robert Heidbreder was a primary and kindergarten school teacher for thirty years, and received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002. For over 20 years, Vancouver-born Rae Mate has been an art instructor to preschoolers and their parents at Vancouver Children's Arts Umbrella on Granville Island. 9781926890067
BCBW 2020
BOOKS:
From maple syrup to Saskatoon, Eenie Meenie Manitoba (Kids Can 1997 $14.95) Heidbreder puts a Canadian spin on classroom rhymes, with illustrations by Scott Ritchie. It was followed by I Wished for a Unicorn (Kids Can, 2000), Drumheller Dinosaur Dance (Kids Can, 2004) abd See Saw Saskatchewan (Kids Can Press, 2005).
Crocodiles Say... (Tradewind, 2005) and Crocodiles Play! (Tradewind, 2008) are illustrated by Rae Maté.
Kids must fight for their fun In Black and Bittern Was Night Kids Can 2013) after the spooky 'skul-a-mug-mugs' force grown-ups to call off trick-or-treating. Illustrated by John Martz) $18.95 978-1-55453-302-2
Song For A Summer Night: A Lullaby (Groundwood 2015) is a gentle bedtime story for ages 3 to 7, illustrated by Qin Leng. The book was shortlisted for a Christie Harris illustrated children's literature prize. $17.95 978-1-55498-493-0
In his picture book, Catch the Sky (Greystone 2020) Heidbreder captures the magic of all the things kids around the world observe when looking up: from birds and balloons to snow and shooting stars. $22.95 9781771646314
alphabet antics (Tradewind Books, 2022) $19.95 9781926890388, illustrated by Philippe Béha
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit"
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Catch the Sky by Robert Heidbreder
with illustrations by Emily Dove (Greystone Kids $22.95)
Dragonflies, butterflies and bees. Kites, balloons and helicopters. Stars and fireworks in the night sky. These are the wonders that children’s poet Robert Heidbreder finds when he looks upwards. His picture book Catch the Sky is full of pocket poems to these delights. It’s his way of celebrating nature with children around the world.
Heidbreder’s morning starts with the poem, Sunrise: Rosy, red arms / caress the sky, /smiling sun /waving HI!
He carries on through the seasons, starting with autumn when the wind blows and leaves fall; then winter when the snow flies and northern lights swirl; to summer when hot air balloons float; and spring when rain sprinkles, drizzles and downpours.
Heidbreder covers many topics for many countries, from the cold north to the hot equator. He rejoices in the earth’s creatures—fireflies, bats, squirrels, crows, trees and leaves, and elephants as imagined in clouds. This diverse book ends with an invitation for good dreams in Good Night, Sky: Draw the curtains. / Into warm beds. /Sky’s treasures we shared / will dance in our head. Heidbreder taught school for thirty years in Vancouver where he developed his love of wordplay. In 2002, he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His books have won many prizes including I Wished for a Unicorn (Kids Can, 2000) and Crocodiles Play (Tradewind, 2008). 9781771646314
[BCBW2021]
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The series of children's books with crocodile characters that author Robert Heidbreder and illustrator Rae Mate made popular for ages 3-6, is now available in a boxset, Crocs in a Box (Tradewind $24.95).
Crocodiles Say (2005), Crocodiles Play (2008) and Crocs at Work (2015) offered youngsters verbal and visual fun, taking them along with the colourful crocodiles as they frolic through a day; play sports like baseball and hockey; and take on jobs such as cooks, florists, croc 'docs' and teachers. Changes in the newly packaged titles include smaller-sized books and different cover art.
Prior to writing, Robert Heidbreder was a primary and kindergarten school teacher for thirty years, and received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002. For over 20 years, Vancouver-born Rae Mate has been an art instructor to preschoolers and their parents at Vancouver Children's Arts Umbrella on Granville Island. 9781926890067
BCBW 2020
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Drumheller Dinosaur Dance (Kids Can $17.95)
Review
"Drumheller dinosaurs rise up tall. Across the Badlands they skeleton-crawl.";
Award-winning Vancouver primary school teacher and children's poet Robert Heidbreder takes young readers on a moonlit romp when dusty dinosaur bones rouse themselves and re-assemble to "tango, fandango and break-dance."; A storm, say the grownups, hearing the thunderous tambourine beat, but the kids know it's only the dinos drumming and dancing the Drumheller Dinosaur Dance (Kids Can $17.95). Alberta is home to Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum and over 60 of the world's 400 dinosaur species, several of which Bill Slavin and Esperanca Melo feature in their illustrations. 1-55337-393-6
--by Louise Donnelly
[BCBW 2004] "Kidlit"
